Born and raised in Ottawa, Charles Bordeleau began his policing career in 1984 and was sworn in as Chief of the Ottawa Police Service on March 5, 2012.
Chief Bordeleau has served on the boards of numerous community organizations as well as co-chairing the Community Police Action Committee, which has provided him with an excellent understanding and rapport with Ottawa’s diverse communities. Chief Bordeleau also has well-established, strong relationships with our public safety partners, including key strategic partners at the City of Ottawa.
He sits on the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) Emergency Management Committee, he is Director for Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s (OACP) Zone 2 and he co-chairs the “Operation INTERSECT” Steering Committee – an integrated readiness and response framework designed to mitigate, prevent, respond to, and recover from, emergencies and disasters in the national capital region. He is also co-chair of the CACP’s International Committee.
Chief Bordeleau is a member of United Way Ottawa’s task force on the Critical Hours initiative which works to develop programs in the community for children and youth in the critical hours outside of school. In 2011, he received the Dean’s Philos Award from the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management. This award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding philanthropic achievement and social commitment.
He is fluently bilingual, holds a Masters in Disaster and Emergency Management from Royal Roads University (in B.C.) and a Bachelor of Administration Degree from the University of Ottawa. He is co-chair of the Ottawa Police Service COMPAC committee which is a city-wide community-police advisory and coordinating body representing a partnership between police and visible minority and Aboriginal communities in Ottawa. He is an active volunteer in the community and is the current Chair of the Youth Services Bureau Charitable Foundation. His wife Lynda is a lawyer who specializes in police labour law and they have one daughter.
Speeches:
Mayor's Breakfast, March 23, 2012